yes, it's out here.. http://dropdabomb.org/sound/STream3/ this is the final release. STream series is now complete!

thanx very much to otro for the awesome tape-cover gfx!!

best wishes y'all

stu / drop da bomb

Here is GemPLAY v0.97. I hope main probs are fixed, altough few minor remains (mostly crashing of XMS tunes if repetitevely loads few of them.. GT2 is also disabled for the moment, due to crashing on CT60 and some unexplained incompatibility with new API... As im currently in idle mode, i think best is to release it and gather some bugreport, if M$ can do it, so can i :))

Dark Angel presents the next release of Music-Mon! This is now Version 2.5 which is the biggest step ahead since V 2.0.

Some of the new features:

+ free SID waveforms with up to 16 steps
+ 2 digi-channels
+ maximum pattern length now 128
+ individual speed for each pattern
+ increased sound capacity to 100
+ increased pattern capacity to 100
+ SNDH export
+ Portamento
+ Extended SID and SyncBuzzer Controls
+ SID intensity modulation
+ New multi timbrale MIDI Mode


The replay has also new features:

+ free from system calls, so compatible with WinJam etc.
+ Detailed info block provided by replay routine. Allows to create fancy jukeboxes.

Checkout the readme.txt for the complete list and other details.


Now enjoy this new version!

I wish all of you a Merry X-MAS and a Happy New Year!!!

Best,
DA

Folks, it's a pity, have to release a corrected version of MM2.5 just some hours after releasing it... Not a joke, not a marketing gag :-)

Sync Buzzers are now tuned identical to V2.1 again....

Sorry folks... But ok, I guess V2.5 did not spread that much so far....

Bests,
DA

For the MJJ megademo entry I prepared a special SID Sound Designer driver. It operates using a single SID voice on Timer A and has the fastest SID interrupt I can think of at the moment.

Because of Tobe/MJJ's good optimising, it was not needed. Maybe you can use it in one of your prods?

k0d: Usual SSD driver suspects + gwEm
msx: Floopy/MJJ

D-Bug present menu 188. Containing Journey to the Centre of the Earth (another rare Spanish title), TLB's Life's a Bitch demo (now hard disk installable) and an ancient text adventure called "The Adventures of Alice who went through the Looking Glass and came back, though not much changed" phew long title!

Once again we bring you some more unreleased demo code by Andy the Arfling, this time a nice dister (old school!) and if that's not enough try listening to one of the best chip tunes ever!

Shw

Some tweaks to maxYMiser DMA. Generally a little more stable. Also changes mean that emulated players like WinJAM are supported once more.

7 years after the legendary Yazuka EP ;))
We're back with another offline release!
This time no vinyl but a neat 3" CD instead including 7 exclusive Atari ST chiptunes!!
All carefully mastered by Crazy Q / DHS!

The Kindergarden demoparty was held last weekend, and Frequent of Ephidrena won the 32k executable music competition - with a YM tune! The crowd went wild as the mad blipps and booming DMA rocked the PA system to the awe of applauding PC and Amiga sceners!

The tune was done with maxYMizer DMA (praise Gwem).
You _will_ use real hardware to replay it. Or suffer. Horribly.

Another week, another menu. D-Bug 187 contains :-

Swiv (Hard drive installable) by our new friends and affiliates ECG (East Cracking Group) plus a nice little intro with zak by gwEm
Mega Phoenix, a rare Spanish shoot em up filed by Showaddywaddy

The menu also contains a really nice intro by Andy The Arfling / BBC featuring a superb 3 bit plane bit bending scroller! (the first on the ST ?) The screen was part of the un-released BBC megademo.

Enjoy the disk

Showaddywaddy

I can't help doing it... Another Music-Mon upgrade is in the making...

Highlights:

* free sid waveforms with up to 16 steps
* 2 digi channels
* maximum pattern length now 128
* individual speed for each pattern
* new multitimbral MIDI input mode
* up to 100 sounds
* up to 100 patterns
* lame realization of portamento as an extension of pitch bend
* SID Main- and Fine-Tune
* SID intensity modulation
* Pitchbend and PMD can now be applied to SID
* Arpeggio can now be selectively applied to SID

Release latest on X-Mas!

Bests,
DA

Seems like an eternity... 364 days to be exact. But finally D-Bug makes a new release. A departure from the normal menus in that there are no hacked games on the disk! That's because we're very proud to introduce D-Bug U.L.S. (Universal Loading System). Yes 6 months in the making and going some way to explain D-Bug's hibernation. In a nut shell ULS allows you to run practically any D-Bug / Automation / BBC game crack on your hard drive. So you benefit from faster loading, hi-scores saved to your hard disk and for MegaSTe owners, the ability to play many games in 16mhz and therefore super speed (try Harlequin for example!). On menu 186 we bring you HD installers for :-

Leaving Teramis (Automation 262)
Harlequin (D-Bug 39)
James Pond 2 - Codename Robocod (D-Bug 15a)
Moonshine Racers (BBC 47 a/b)
Resolution 101 (Automation 293)
Robocop 2 (BBC 32)
Speedball 2 (BBC 36)
Streetfighter 2 (D-Bug 100 a/b/c/d/e)
The Untouchables (Automation 223)
Wizkid (D-Bug 80)

Of course even D-Bug can't fit 11 games on one disk. That's why we've included an installer program (with new gfx/sound by C-Rem and gwEm respectively), the installer will copy all the files from the original menu onto your hard-drive and install the new loader. Full source code and ULS documentation is included on the disk. Expect more ULS titles soon... and if you're nice we might even take requests. To use the installers you'll require the aforementioned disks, these can be grabbed from http://www.mikemee.plus.com/DBUG186/ thanks to Mug UK for the temporary web space.

Shw/CJ D-Bug

The short hidden screen of fantasia demo has been released as a standalone small program. Many people still haven't been able to access it as it wasn't easy... So here's the chance!

"Want to last longer in bed ?"
"Need some pill to make you feel better ?"

Aren't you tired of all this spam ? Now is your chance to fight the pills invasion ! POOZ has finally made it for all Ataris and we invite you to grab it and visit the official mini website.

Hi girls and guys!

We've got some surprises for you.

First:

We really enjoy visiting various demoparties and we like active sceners who also visit the same parties as we do. So, for this reason we decided to support this people who attended some of the our chosen party by LOWER ENTRANCE FEE!

We decided to offer lower entrance fee for all of you who attended (payed entrance fee) at these demoparties:

Outline 2005: 12 Euros (for keeping tradition)

QuaST Party 2005: 9 Euros (probably our most favorite party where we always meet the nicest people)

Forever 2e3 2006: 3 Euros (8-bit party where we meet the coolest Atari XE/XL, C64 and ZX maniacs)

As you can see the more present party you visit the lower entrance fee you get. Also please note if you want to visit both Forever and Noise you will pay FEWER money as at standalone visit of Noise party.

This privilege fee applies for one person and for all four days of Noise party duration.

Second:

ALL the money we'll get from entrance fee will be used for (and only for) PRIZES in the each competition where the division will look as follows:

Falcon compos: 40% of overall the sum (for the first place we guarant at least 100 Euros)

ST compos: 20% of the overall sum (for the first place we guarant at least 50 Euros)

XL/XE compos: 30% the of overall sum (for the first place we guarant at least 80 Euro)

WARNING! In the each competition will be ofcourse more prizes by our sponsors... and this is not the end, we've got some surprises still hidden... stay tuned...

Yours Noisy Team.

Outline is back!

The Outline team is currently in the process of making final arrangements for another edition of their party. As always, it will be held at a suitable location in the east of Holland and facilities and atmosphere will be similar to those at previous editions.

There are a few big changes too. First of all, the party is no longer organised during the Easter weekend. We are happy about this, and wish the organisers of Noise in Slovakia the best of luck for their follow-up in the Atari Easter tradition!

Second, we are aiming at a more diverse audience. Besides our friends from the Atari scene, we also expect a more significant number of visitors using other platforms, such as pc, C64, GBA, XBox, Amiga, etc.

What will remain the same for sure is the strong focus on the active scener's wishes. No commercialism, no LAN-gaming, nothing to worry about if you like a productive and friendly atmosphere. We hope you will join the experience!

Preliminary dates: Thursday, May 25 - Sunday, May 28
("Hemelvaart" or "Ascension" weekend)
Location: East of Holland - Details TBA

Dear sceners and friends of demoscene!

We are happy to announce you the official Easter Atari Demoparty 2006 called "Noise" which will held, very untraditionally, in Slovakia (Slovak Republic) !

Our goal is to finally join both 8bit- and ST/Falcon-scene in one big party and support each competition with decent prizes like in the past...

More information you can find at our website, http://noise.atari.org/, where you can tell us your interest, opinions and where you can find some basic facts about the party itself.

The website will be regular updated, we're going to bring you information about each competition, party program, prizes for winners, travel maps etc...

So, stay tuned and tell us what do you think!

Your Noisy team.

Sorry folks, I didn't test the V2.1a editor on real machines...

Stu just gave me a hint that on real machines (Mega STE, Falcon) the fileselector does not show any files anymore...

This is now corrected!

This version also fixes another bug which already existed in V2.0:

SHIFT + CLR HOME (Change Sound X to ACTUAL (S/D)) didn't work on C#5 notes (crazy, but true).


Have fun,
DA

ACE Tracker v0.996 and Replace v0.36 was released with many bugfixes and updates.

The tracker update includes:

- New function: PFFFF
- External mode back on track
- CANCEL in file sel. bug fixed
- New short cut for Step rate
- And more...


UPDATE 2005-09-07:
Another update of ACE Tracker was released today. The 'Load Work' button stopped working the last time and it has been fixed now. Meanwhile Replace is upgraded as well, with some new features: CPU-load indicator, stop interupt and number of voices in use.

There have been some big improvements since the last version:

* 2 channels of DMA sample sound
* Real-time resequencing possibilities for jamming and live performance
* Autoloading for screenless operation
* Microwire support for bass, treble, panning and master volume control
* Minimalist sample editor including unique 'YMise' function
* Many minor bug fixes and usability tweaks
* MIDI enhancements including drum pad support

Minimum system is any 1Mb 16/32 with colour screen, however STe with 2Mb+ is recommenedable.

Of course tunes playback on any 16/32, even 0.5Mb machines :)

Hi folks,

just some weeks after releasing some bugfixes concerning the MM2.1 replay routine, Marcer uncovered another major bug which caused freaky noises and in worst case lead to a system crash...

Also the editor got a minor bug fix.

See readme.txt for details.

Gwem is going to update his SNDH converter when he finds some time...

Greetz,
Dark Angel

Predictably, here is the suite of SNDHCONV tools with an updated MM2.1 converter using the new Dark Angel replay routine.

Hi folks!

Some of stu's new tracks showed up some significant discrepancies between the editor playback and the replay routine...

Finally I found not less than 3 bugs... All of them existed already in the MM2.0 replay routine (!) I am really wondering why it took so many years until somebody stumbled over it... :-)

The fixed bugs are:

1) Timing regarding 50/100/200Hz sounds was wrong in some constellations
2) triangle waveform of AMD (S+N) was incorrect
3) triangle waveform of PMD (WAVE) was incorrect


Bests,

DA


Falling in a deep deep sleep again...............................

Atari Legend & Paradize brings you a New Music Disk.

It includes 12 tracks made by Marcer (2 hidden) :)
Intro/menu fastly coded by Cooper/Paradize

STAX RELEASE UN-RELEASED DEMOS

Today (1.6.05) I've decided to release some old demos/intros I've had lying around on disk for a good few years. A couple of the screens were ment for a megademo I planned about 10 years ago, but never got very far with it, the others were meant as intro's for our CD's. It seems a shame to have them lying on disk and not share them with the rest of the Atari scene, so now they're available to the public.

Next in my ongoing series of 128 byte intros, I present a virtual Roland TB-303 in 128 bytes.

Features:

* Programmable 4 step virtual analogue synthesiser with realtime adjustable cutoff
* Bad-ass 303 acid tone
* Optimised code runs on any Atari 16/32 computer
* Of course, source code included :)

Squeal piggy squeal!

* 128 byte Theremin *

The 128 byte drum machine got some nice feedbacks, so heres a follow up!

Features:

* Full mouse control
* Fu*k sine! 128 byte Theremin has bad-ass square wave tone
* Buggy source included

After a quite long delay I finally released wolf3d v0.5 beta. New features include a high detail mode for faster machines (strike the asterisk key to toggle), a 4 channel digisound engine and animated enemies! Please refer to the readme file for further information.

As an encouragement to musicians to code their own music drivers, I release this drum machine to illustrate how simple and fun YM drivers can be!

Features:
* Programmable 8 step drum machine
* Bad-ass hihat, kick and snare drum sounds
* Jam along in realtime - press a key!
* Source code included

Studio Son is back !

After several years of absence, Studio Son, the sound samples editor for Falcon, is back with the 2.08beta release (up to date, only in French). The main improvement is the new function "Filtering..." which enables you to produce FIR filters ( Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass and Band Reject ). This is carried out by the DSP 56001 and with Direct to disk process.

I must still work to add errors managements and other features, so please wait...

This is a beta version, so be careful with your samples, do not totally trust in this program. You must know I have not noticed any problems.

You can find 68030 and 68030+68882 versions in the archive.


Have fun!

DOCs

Hello,

the 50KHz MOD player for STF (YM50K) has been updated due to a sporadical bug with the Tone Portamento / Slide to Note commands ($3 / $5).
This player supports all Protracker commands except:
- Filter ()
- Finetune / Finetune setting ()
- Beats Per Minute tempos ( with xy>=32)
- Funk / invert loop ()
- KarplusStrong ( Protracker 3)

I hope that is all for bugs.

Enjoy it,
Paulo Simoes.

bashed some updated SNDH converters for the SNDH v2 standard.

mm2_sndh - with the latest v2.1 replay routine. (requires a SNDH player supporting OS traps, eg anything running on a real Atari)

ssd_sndh - no change except sndhv2

tripsndh - no change except sndhv2 (still with Damo's beta driver)

trissndh - now with my bug fixed and cache friendly replayer

xlr8sndh - no change except sndhv2

This .zip file contains 4 others archives. Unzipped all contained archives in one folder ( this game needs an Hard Drive ). Install the numerous patchs ( in the Update.zip folder ), and enjoy.

Note : The different patchs aim at making the game easier, as it is VERY tough. I played it last week, and, even if it is really fun, it's a big challenge. So, if you aren't a core gamer in 'Run'n jump' games, you'd better playing the 'easy version' ( B_Easy.Prg, given in one patch ). In order to give you a comparision, I think that the difficulty level match Rick Dangerous's difficulty level.

Don't forget :
- You cannot kill monsters, except bosses.
- You can look up and down.
- Never forget to note passwords

this was entered in the wild compo at outline. an atari chip tracker with the following features:

* Advanced YM2149 sound engine supporting 68000 and 68020+ processors
* Familiar FastTracker 2 style editing facilities and shortcuts
* 2 effect columns
* Volume column
* User adjustable SID waveform
* Selectable 3 channel MIDI input with program change and MIDI clock slave
* Demo syncronisation and dynamic timer allocation via tracker commands
* Any replay rate between 50 and 200Hz
* Online help and command reference
* Customisable user interface
* Redundant data removal tools
* ICE algorithm packer
* All instrument parameters modifiable via tracker commands
* Super-stable 60 and 70Hz refresh rates SPDIF and internal speaker toggle (Falcon only)
etc etc...

R.I.K. of Kaisersoft (Markus Römer), the event manager of the ABBUC and the whole 8bit atari fan community wants to invite you guys to a party called:

"H.A.T.Z. 05" on May, 27th - 29th, 2005.

The party location is a small village in a region called "Hunsrück" which is in the south-west of Germany.

Like in the last four years, this party is perfect to play, to code, to talk and to drink. Every system with a Fuji-Symbol on it is very welcome! The idea of the party is to have fun, to meet friends and to have a good time in the warm period of the year.

For further information and how to find the village, please contact R.I.K. directly.

SNDH-ED is an editor which allows you to modify SNDH music files. Things like Composer Name, Song Title can easily be edited without the need to be a competent programmer. SNDH-ED is also the first program to support the new SNDH v2 specification which allows new features such as song length. Finally SNDH-ED also gives you the ability to load your Sid Sound Designer files (TRI/TVS) and save them as SNDH complete with your desired header. Read the docs for further info on the program and the new SNDH v2 specifications.

We are planning to make some cool longsleeve T-shirts for the Outline party. The shirts are made of 180 grammes/m2 black cotton, size XL or XXL, and the ("silkscreen") print is double layered to ensure durability.

If enough people show interest in buying one, the shirts will be sold at the partyplace for 12 euro, or you can order one online for 15 euro + shipping costs (contact us for details). So get in touch if you want this cool shirt for your collection!

The Paradox website is now finally online. You can read some information about the group and download all relases there, of course.

Today Paradize releases the game PENTA by Simon Sunnyboy.
A braindazzling puzzle and sorting game for your Atari STFM/STE or Falcon with graphics by ST Survivor and chipmusic by 505/Checkpoint.
Sort a scrambled game board back in order by sliding rows and columns.

The game works with 1MB of RAM and up and is STE enhanced. It supports the STE palette, Blitter, DMA sound and a Jagpad.

We are glad we can finally officially announce Outline 2005!

Most important changes compared to last year include:

- New location!
- Less beds/computer places...
- Maybe more beds/computer places!
- New price...


Read all about it in the invite text!

CT63

This is the name of the CT60 third production !

This CT63 will be a LOW COST version of the CT60 and I asked to the factory to give me a price without all components that can me removed on the board (not implemented).

The CT63 will be so :

- Price betwen 220 to 250 EUR with the 060 (full) : depending on the number of board that may be produced !
- no 060 socket : the 060 will be soldered (after tested) on the board (will get more space under the keyboard).
- heatsink will be stucked on the 060 and a fan will be fixed (plugged) on the heatsink (size of heatsink = 45*45 cms).
- the CPU & SDRAM clocked at 50 MHz instead of the 66MHz (OSC soldered (no socket) = can be unsoldered to try to boost).
- no boost of the motherboard (components not present = could be added by the user if he can find and solder them !).
- no temperature captor (it is a gadget because get more than 10 deg C of unprecision !).

This time I have 14 orders and I'd like to get 40 orders.

Let's go atarians ! It is your last chance to join the Falcon 060 world !

To confirm, please, send me an email if you want to buy between 220 et 250 EUR. After we will see...

PS : $/EUR ratio is decreasing these days...good for some people...

Please spread this message on all atari user sites !

R.

Just three weeks after releasing MusicMon V2.0 SID the next version is already in the pipe...

*** End of this week V2.1 will be released. ***

Features:

* Sync-Buzzers
* Range of PMD Hardwave Depth extended from 15 to 63
* Pitch-Bend can now be applied also to Hardwave
* Overlay/Underlay paste feature
* Entering of song- and soundname can now be canceled by 'ESC' key
* SMC free replay routine with dynamic timer assignment


For sure the competition of the most competent YM-editor is tightening up!

UPDATE January 15:
Release of MusicMon V2.1 delayed!!!

Due to some reprogramming to avoid a break in backward compatibility to MM 2.0 SID an additional beta test iteration is required...

Release delays by 1-2 weeks...

Sorry, folks...